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Re: (rshsdepot) RE: Seligman, AZ Harvey House demolition
Before you go spouting any more nonsense about "Eminent Domain", you should be
sure that you know what you're talking about. No government may arbitrarily exercise
that right. It can only be used when there is a clear and present need for a property, and
when the owner of said property has refused to sell for a reasonable price. That is most
emphatically NOT the case here. The property has been available for sale at a fair price,
for many years. The town has ample opportunity to raise the necessary funding. Nothing
has been done. Unless the town can now demonstrate an urgent, and over-riding need
for that building, as well as a willingness to PAY for it, they cannot claim eminent domain
at the last minute. And remember one other thing : Government CANNOT simply TAKE
a property from its owner. The owner must be compensated to the fair market value plus
any reasonable expenses involved in moving. Do you seriously think that the MAJORITY
of the citizens of that town (as opposed to a small group of enthusiasts -- who the majority
probably regard as kooks) would be willing to pay higher taxes to purchase and restore
that building ? Only in your dreams !!
Jim.
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From: <luckyshow_@_mindspring.com>
To: <rshsdepot_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 9:49 AM
Subject: Re: (rshsdepot) RE: Seligman, AZ Harvey House demolition
> eminent domain, eminent domain...they use it now to take people's property to build shopping malls and private office
> building parking lots and the Supreme Court okayed such taking...here we are talking about property they willnever actually
> use agaiin....eminent domain, just take it.....if the shed in the backyard was somehow part of a freed slave cemetery, do
> you think you'd have much right to destroy it and throw it on the garbage dump?
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